BMC-run schools witness 6% growth in student enrollment during pandemic: Report

As per a report released by Praja Foundation, an NGO, the BMC-run schools saw a 6% growth in student enrollment during the Covid-19 pandemic.

The student enrollment figures released by the Praja Foundation, an NGO, in a white paper on the state of municipal education in Mumbai show that the BMC-run schools witnessed a 6% growth in student enrollment during Covid 19 pandemic.

“The data shows an increase in enrollment at civic schools compared to private unaided schools, which have been preferred by urban parents over the years. However, the financial crisis witnessed during the Covid-19 pandemic, is the primary reason for this shift and we anticipate that the enrollment numbers will experience a decline again in the next year’s report,” said Milind Mhaske, CEO of Praja Foundation, as reported by Indian Express.

More details of school students' enrolment during Covid-19 pandemic

As per this report, the number of students enrolled in 2018-19 was 3,00,746, which went up to 3,18,002 in 2021-22. 

There is an overall increase in student enrollment at civic schools in Mumbai, the English-medium schools have seen the most increase with just 79,884 enrollments in 2018-19 which jumped to 1,01,110 in 2021-22 registering a 27% increase.

Marathi-medium schools run by the BMC saw the least increase in enrolments with 50,677 enrollments in 2018-19 to 51,691 enrollments in 2021-22 registering just a 2% increase. If we talk about all school enrolments including BMC-run schools and private schools, BMC-run schools recorded the highest proportion in 2021-22 at 42% as compared to 2018-19 and the private unaided schools had the highest share of student enrollments at 41%.

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